30th October 2023
Next year will be an election year and already people and organisations are thinking about what policies we want and need from a new government. Here are thoughts from the National Trust: “The next general election will have a profound impact on all our futures. Nature and our climate are facing an emergency. The Trust has a long history of contributing to the challenges of the day: from the need for green spaces for Victorian city dwellers, to the post-war dissolution of country houses and collections, to the over-development of Britain’s coastline. This means acting as partner, friend and critic to governments, while never straying into party politics.
“The legal commitments to reach net zero by 2050 and reverse the decline of nature by 2030, require concerted action and we are looking for the policies to match.”
In particular they pick out cleaning our rivers and protecting them rom further pollution; building up a workforce and retrofitting all our pre 1920 buildings with insulation to maintain comfortable internal temperatures whilst reducing energy costs; and re greening the UK so that everyone is within a 15 minute walk of a green space.
The Green Tau 